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What devices do I personally with home assistant.

WORK IN PROGRESS

Devices I personally have home assistant experience with

This is a list of devices I personally use or have used, How I feel about them and if I would recomend them.

Device Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Shelly EM Energy Tracker (CT) Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 2 Yes (but consider gen3 version too) Tracking Various Circuits inside consumer unit (electrical panel)
Shelly Pro EM Energy Tracker (CT) Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 1 Yes Tracking EV Charger Circuit
Shelly 1PM Mini (gen2) Relay + Energy Tracker Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 1 Yes (but latest version) Tracking and controlling light
Shelly 1PM Mini (gen3) Relay + Energy Tracker Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 7 Yes (but latest version) Tracking and controlling light
Shelly PM Mini (gen3) Energy Tracker (Inline) Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 2 Yes (but latest version) Tracking Appliances with inductive load
Shelly Plus Plug UK Smartplug Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 3 (+4 occasionally) Yes Tracking power and switching of various devices
Shelly Duo GU10 RGBW Smart LightBulb Wi-Fi Yes Yes x 1 Yes (But stock seems non-existant) Controllable Light Had 2 but 1 failed after over a year
Shelly BLU Door/Window Door Sensor Bluetooth Yes Yes x 3 Yes Tracking state of various doors 1 came with a dead battery but takes a standard CR2032 so I just replaced and didn't complain
LocalBytes Smartplug Smartplug Wi-Fi (ESPhome) Yes Yes x 4 Maybe (The older ESP is starting to struggle with space on newer ESPHome versions) Tracking power and switching of various devices Generic Whitelabled chinese device
LocalBytes Smart Bulb Smart LightBulb (B22/E27) Wi-Fi (Tasmota) Yes Yes x 3 + 1 spare Maybe (I would prefer bulb with newer ESP running ESPHome) Controllable Light Generic Whitelabled chinese device
LocalBytes LocalDeck Button Panel Wi-Fi (EspHome) Yes Yes x 2 (1 orginal version and 1 updated revision) Yes Controling devices / running scripts / status tracking with key RGB LED's First Custom device from LocalBytes. I prefer custom firmware/automation setup to their configurator addon.
Athom 6 CH Energy Meter Energy Tracker (CT) Wi-Fi (EspHome) Yes No (no current use but would use it) Yes In testing seemed lightly less accurate than shelly CT trackers
Athom RGB Strip Controller LED Strip Driver Wi-Fi (EspHome) Yes No (not yet deployed as LED Strip not mounted yet) Not Fully Tested Plan: Outdoor path Lighting The cheap LED Strip I used with has Red and Green signals reversed but this was fixable in firmware with ESPHome
Athom GU10 RGBCW Smart LightBulb (GU10) Wi-Fi (EspHome) Yes Yes x 1 (+1 spare) Yes Controllable Light Got this to replace a failed shelly device that was out of stock everywhere.
Athom 7W Color Bulb Smart LightBulb (E27) Wi-Fi (EspHome) Yes No x 4 (not yet deployed) Not Fully Tested Controllable Light plan to add more controlable light to the house
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Everything Pressence One Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Everything Pressence Lite Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Voice-PE Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
M5Stack Atom Echo Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Waveshare ESP32-S3 1.85inch Round LCD Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Seeed XIAO 60GHz mmWave Human Breathing and Heartbeat SensorD Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Blink Cameras Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Reolink Camera Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Glow Meter Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Hypervolt Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Hyundai Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
ring doorbell Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Unifi Stuff Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
WiCAN Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Kasa Smartplug Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
Tapo Smartplug Device Catagory Protocol Fully Local? Activly Use? Would recommend? Use Case Notes
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